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France and Italy are jostling for a senior economic post in the next European Commission, a fight heightened by personal animosity between the two countries’ leaders.
The EU’s 27 leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday for a crunch summit on the bloc’s top jobs, where Ursula von der Leyen needs their support to secure a second term as commission president.
Capitals including Paris and Rome have signalled their portfolio preferences within the next commission as a price for their support.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are at loggerheads as they are both vying for the same prize: a powerful commission vice-president in charge of trade, competition and industrial policy.
“The main problem that we have today for the…
